Archive: 27/05/2016
First-of-its-kind procedure combines scalp, skull, kidney and pancreas transplant
Simultaneous transplantation of a "composite" skull and scalp flap plus a kidney and pancreas—all from the same donor—provided excellent outcomes for a patient with a non-healing scalp defect and declining organ kidney ...
May 27, 2016
Rethinking hospital alarms
Hospital alarms are currently ranked as the "top medical technology hazard" within the United States. On average, there are about 480,000 patients in hospitals—each generating about 135 clinical alarms per day. But studies ...
May 27, 2016
Baby talk words with repeated sounds help infants learn language
Babies find it easier to learn words with repetitive syllables rather than mixed sounds, a study suggests.
May 27, 2016
Mosquito trap company surprised by demand amid Zika outbreak
The German manufacturer of traps widely used to monitor mosquitoes that carry Zika says the "enormous demand" due to the virus outbreak caught the company off-guard.
May 27, 2016
Strathclyde study identifies descendants of medieval Scottish king
A DNA sample provided by a businessman has confirmed him as a descendant of a medieval king of Scotland.
May 27, 2016
Pharmacist prescribes education as key to curbing opioid abuse
Technologies that make it harder for people to abuse opioids - like doctoring pills so that they produce unpleasant side effects if broken, crushed or injected—likely will have limited effectiveness in stemming the global ...
May 27, 2016
Trial launches for children's brain tumour, ependymoma
The University of Birmingham's Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit will coordinate the UK arm of a large international clinical trial for a type of children's brain tumour, called ependymoma.
May 27, 2016